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Jim Collins on Paranoid Leaders

Leadership Freak

Hi performing leaders, according to Jim Collins are “paranoid performers.” Bad things will happen. It’s not a matter of if; it’s a matter of when. Even optimists knows it’s true. They’re always asking, “What if,” and then preparing for it. They think about and anticipate the day of “bad things.”

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Jim Collins on Demotivating Followers

LDRLB

Jim Collins, author of Built to Last , Good to Great and now Great by Choice (possible rejected title: “Good to Last”), recorded this insightful clip for Big Think examining three ways that organizational leaders can demotivate their followers.

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Jim Collins on Demotivating Followers

LDRLB

Jim Collins, author of Built to Last , Good to Great and now Great by Choice (possible rejected title: “Good to Last”), recorded this insightful clip for Big Think examining three ways that organizational leaders can demotivate their followers. Leadership collins motivation'

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Moving from Expert to Executive: Changes Great Leaders Learn to Make

Lead Change Blog

As Jim Collins describes in How the Mighty Fall , hubris was at the core. It was a major trust-buster, and the survivors lost motivation for the work. An organization had to lay off a third of its workers. There was an inability to see the truth because of self-obsession with past success and personal blind spots.

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“Success doesn't come to you, you go to it'- Marva Collins

CEO Blog

“Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it’- Marva Collins Categories: About The Book Daily Guest Post FTC Notice – conflicts of interest Latest Articles Motivational Business Quotations Time Leadership Audio CD Your days seem to get busier and longer. You have more to do, and less time to do it.

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“Success doesn't come to you, you go to it'- Marva Collins

CEO Blog

“Success doesn’t come to you, you go to it’- Marva Collins Categories: About The Book Daily Guest Post FTC Notice – conflicts of interest Latest Articles Motivational Business Quotations Time Leadership Audio CD Your days seem to get busier and longer. You have more to do, and less time to do it.

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2017 Compilation

Leading Blog

Jim Collins: Ten Lessons I Learned from Peter Drucker. Jim Collins’ Top Ten To-Dos for Young Leaders by @pauljsohn. Motivational speakers are WRONG about changing habits! Collaborative Thinking: Do You See Problem Solving as Collaboration? by @KateNasser. Handel’s Messiah and Why it’s Never Too Late for Your Dream by @PhilCooke.

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